Nurse Migration Project (NMP)

The Nurse Migration Project (2006-2010) was a HRB funded project (RP/2006/222) conducted by an RCSI based research team consisting of Dr. Niamh Humphries, Professor Ruairí Brugha and Professor Hannah McGee. Findings from the Nurse Migration Project;

Demonstrated the extent to which Ireland was reliant upon non-EU migrant nurses to meet staff it’s health system - between 2000 and 2009, 38% of nurses newly registered in Ireland came from outside the EU

Highlighted the fact that this dependence on non-EU migrant nurses indicated an inability to supply enough nurses to meet demand

Drew attention to the fact that Ireland needed better data on its nursing workforce in order to plan for the future

Developed a profile of non-EU migrant nurses working in Ireland, providing policy makers with demographic information, insights into their prior nursing experience and qualifications, information on their career progression and overall experience in Ireland

Revealed that only one in five migrant nurses intended to remain in Ireland in the long-term

The Nurse Migration Project focussed attention on the migrant health workers who make a substantial contribution to the Irish health system

All journal articles and policy briefs to emerge from the Nurse Migration project are available here.